Rasmus flees his village and suffocating family home to leap headlong into his new life in Stockholm, where he hopes to finally be able to be himself. Benjamin is torn between the path laid out for him as a Jehovah’s Witness and his simple desire to love someone who will love him back. Paul, mother hen to lost gay men, brings them together by happenstance one Christmas night. They leave hand in hand, not knowing that their passionate liaison will bring them to the edge of the abyss. That one of them will be felled by the scythe of a grim reaper as yet unknown: AIDS.
Alexandre Fecteau, who directed Amadeus at the Trident, tackles this masterpiece of world literature with the vision and engagement we have come to expect of him.
N’essuie jamais de larmes sans gants (Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves), an “awe-inspiring, human, romantic tragedy” (Le Soleil) that played to full houses in Québec City in spring 2023. Diving into the heart of the 1980s HIV epidemic in Sweden, this choral play is a masterful hymn to life and tolerance. Essential testimony, to remember the path we have travelled so we can continue to move forward together.
N'essuie jamais de larmes sans gants
- Duration 3h30, including intermission
- Language in French only
- Remark This play is intended for an informed audience aged 16 and older. It contains scenes of nudity and sexuality and addresses sensitive themes that may not be suitable for everyone.
- Note des effets stroboscopiques seront utilisés sur scène.
- Texte Jonas Gardell | Traduction : Jean-Baptiste Coursaud et Lena Grumbach | Adaptation pour la scène : Véronique Côté | Mise en scène : Alexandre Fecteau | Direction musicale : Anne-Marie Bernard
- Interprétation Maxime Beauregard-Martin, Olivier Arteau, Samuel La Rochelle, Maxime Robin, Gabriel Cloutier Tremblay, Israël Gamache, Laurent Fecteau-Nadeau, Érika Gagnon, Hugues Frenette, Véronique Côté, Jonathan Gagnon, Carla Mezquita Honhon
- Musique Anne-Marie Bernard (pianiste), Jean-François Gagné (violoniste), Marie-Loup Cottinet (Violoncelliste), Karina Laliberté (altiste)
- Une production de Le Trident, en coproduction avec le collectif Nous sommes ici
- Assistance à la mise en scène Elizabeth Cordeau Rancourt | Scénographie: Ariane Sauvé | Costumes: Émily Walhman assistée d’Émilie Potvin | Éclairages: Elliot Gaudreau | Conception sonore: Miriane Rouillard | Arrangements musicaux: Jean-François Gagné | Accessoires : Jeanne Lapierre

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